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Brendon_Wong comments on Can You Give Support or Feedback for My Program to Alleviate Poverty? - Less Wrong Discussion

10 Post author: Brendon_Wong 25 June 2015 11:18PM

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Comment author: Brendon_Wong 30 June 2015 08:56:29AM 1 point [-]

Thank you for your suggestions. I have in fact surveyed people and organizations in Belize. The general consensus is that there are a lot of people who are unemployed or working for very low wages, and getting higher paying employment would improve their standard of living. You mentioned a small scale pilot, we have actually run many such pilots, which is how we found that it would be possible to help people earn around $3 USD an hour. We are currently working on remote testing of our program before actually sending staff to Belize.